Comments 0

Document transcript

May 20, 2013Codename OneContact: Shai AlmogFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEsupport@codenameone.comWith 200,000 SDK Downloads, Mobile Development Platform CodenameOne Announces Version 1.1Tel Aviv, Israel ­ Mobile development platform Codename One is announcing therelease of its 1.1 version on Monday, May 20th. Less than 4 months after releasingits 1.0 version, Codename One doubled its user base becoming the 5th mostdownloaded NetBeans plugin of all time and more than doubling builds on its cloudservers month over month.Codename One is a one of a kind solution that allows Java developers to buildnative applications that work on all mobile devices seamlessly, it combines an opensource client architecture that integrates with industry standards Eclipse/NetBeanswith a one of a kind cloud build system. This unique architecture enables Javadevelopers to build iPhone applications without owning a Mac or Windows Phoneapplications without a Windows 8 machine.Version 1.1 solidifies Codename One as the technological market leader in WriteOnce Run Everywhere (WORA) on mobile devices with key features such as:Windows Phone 8 support, 3rd party Library Support, many UI improvements andtools to assist development.The platform to date has been used to build over 2,000 native mobile applicationsand has received widespread, viral acclaim in technology and business mediaincluding InfoWorld, Slashdot, Hacker News, VentureBeat, Business Insider, TheNext Web, Dr. Dobbs and Forbes, which named the company one of the 10greatest industry disrupting startups of 2012.“It is amazing that within 4 months since our 1.0 doubled or more on every singleKPI, we have some amazing plans for the future and expect to exceed that manytimes over.,” said co­founder and CEO Shai Almog.Almog, along with co­founder Chen Fishbein, decided to launch the venture afternoticing a growing inefficiency within mobile application development. By enablingdevelopers to significantly cut time and costs in developing native applications foriOS, Android, Blackberry, Windows Phone and other devices, Almog and Fishbeinhope to make mobile application development increasingly feasible.The Java­based platform is open­source and utilizes lightweight technology,allowing it to produce unique native interfaces highly differentiated from competitivecross­platform mobile development toolkits, which typically use HTML5 orheavyweight technology.By drawing all components from scratch rather than utilizing native widgets,Codename One enables developers to avoid fragmentation – a major hindrancefound in the majority of competitors – and additionally allows accurate desktopsimulation of mobile apps.The startup’s founders are recognized for engineering Sun Microsystems’s famousLightweight User Interface Toolkit, a mobile platform used by leading mobilecarriers and industry leaders to this date.Codename One is available for download free of charge.About Codename OneCodename One, named by Forbes as “one of the 10 greatest industry disruptingstartups of 2012,” is an Israel­based technology company that has created apowerful cross­platform software development kit for mobile applications. Thetechnology enables developers to create native applications across multipleoperating systems using a single code base. Codename One was founded byrenowned software engineers Shai Almog and Chen Fishbein in 2012.